Tethered cord due to spina bifida occulta presenting in adulthood: A tricenter review of 61 patients

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 210-215

  Rajpal, Sharad ^a   Tubbs, R Shane ^b   George, Timothy ^c   Oakes, W Jerry ^b   Fuchs, Herbert E ^c   Hadley, Mark N ^b   Iskandar, Bermans J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital disease; Spina bifida occulta; Surgery; Tethered cord syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOCELE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; RECURRENT DISEASE; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; WOUND INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA; SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34047103426     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2007.6.3.210     Document Type: Article

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